About About The Author
About The Author
Grigory Agrest.
Founder of Pinnacle Academic Solutions — what families know online as My College Advisor. A classroom teacher of over fifteen years with 6 teaching licenses and 3 degrees across special education, bilingual education, physical education, and educational leadership. U.S. Army veteran.
Hundreds of families guided across the U.S. and worldwide. $15M+ in scholarships earned by his students. 5.0 Google rating. He calls himself a life coach, not a college advisor.
This is the book he’s been writing — chapter by chapter, in his head — for fifteen years.
The book opens with a foreword he didn’t write — it’s from a student he taught, now a Cornell graduate and medical student.
Why he wrote this
"I wasn't lazy. I was lost. There's a difference, and most people never bother to make it."
He arrived with no English and no roadmap, drifted onto academic probation, rebuilt with the Army’s structure, then lost everything in Hurricane Sandy. Fifteen years in classrooms later, he became “the person I never had — the one who shows up before the wheels fall off and tells you the truth about how this actually works.”
Who it's for
For the parents who'd rather lead than react.
Your student is in 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, or 11th grade. You’re aiming at top-100 universities or Ivy League programs. You’d rather have a structured roadmap than another stack of testimonials.
You’re done guessing. You’re done with checklists from people who’ve never coached a family through this. You want the framework — and you want to start using it tonight.
That’s the reader. If that’s you, you’re in the right place.
Stop Guessing. Start Planning.
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